Antrostomus Cubanensis Bird
Antrostomus Cubanensis Bird
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Latin Name:
Protonym: Antrostomus Cubanensis Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.260
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Antrostomus
Taxonomy Code: granig1
Type Locality: Cienega de Zapata and coast of Manzanillo, Cuba.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
ANTROSTOMUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Chuck-will's-widow A. carolinensis) Gr. αντρον antron cavern; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth. "Son bec depuis son bout jusqu'aux coins de la bouche a un pouce sept lignes de long ... Les bords de la mâchoire supérieure sont garnis de longs poils noirs, tournés en-devant & roides comme des soyes ... Il se nourrit d'Insectes" (Brisson 1760); "Gen. 38. ANTROSTOMUS, Gould. 42. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS, Nob. (Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Gm.) Aud. pl. 52. Southern parts" (Bonaparte 1838); "Antrostomus Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 8 (Type, fixed by Gray, 1840, Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 131).
Var. Androstomus, Anthrostomus, Anthrostumus.
Synon. Annamornus, Setochalcis.
cuba / cubae / cubana / cubanensis / cubanus / cubeensis / cubensis
Cuba (from a Taino word, the meaning of which is disputed, e.g. great place, fertile place).
• Erroneous TL. Cuba (= ?China); ex “Maia de Cuba” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 102. fig. 2 (syn. Lonchura sp?).
SUBSPECIES
Greater Antillean Nightjar (Cuban)
Latin Name: Antrostomus cubanensis cubanensis/insulaepinorum
ANTROSTOMUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Chuck-will's-widow A. carolinensis) Gr. αντρον antron cavern; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth. "Son bec depuis son bout jusqu'aux coins de la bouche a un pouce sept lignes de long ... Les bords de la mâchoire supérieure sont garnis de longs poils noirs, tournés en-devant & roides comme des soyes ... Il se nourrit d'Insectes" (Brisson 1760); "Gen. 38. ANTROSTOMUS, Gould. 42. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS, Nob. (Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Gm.) Aud. pl. 52. Southern parts" (Bonaparte 1838); "Antrostomus Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 8 (Type, fixed by Gray, 1840, Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 131).
Var. Androstomus, Anthrostomus, Anthrostumus.
Synon. Annamornus, Setochalcis.
Greater Antillean Nightjar (Hispaniolan)
Latin Name: Antrostomus cubanensis ekmani
ekmani
Dr Erik Leonard Ekman (1883-1931) Swedish botanist, collector in the West Indies 1914-1931 (Antrostomus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)